*doesn't even realize she's behind him until she's talking...and startled, he turns to face her...only to get a great big whiff of those stones. There's a lil yelp, and he slumps against the wall, hand at his stomach...great. Now he's craving them enough so it hurts. :S*

N-no! *fighting it off rather well, amazingly. Must be Al's stubbornness. XD* I'm not going to be indebted to you ever again!